# \[ANN\] Elasticsearch Azure cloud plugin 2.8.2 released

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-2-released/34227>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [November 10, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-2-released/34227 "2015-11-10T09:03:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-2-released/34227/1 "2015-11-10T09:03:32Z")

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Heya,

We are pleased to announce the release of the Elasticsearch Azure cloud plugin, version 2.8.2.

The Azure Cloud plugin allows to use Azure API for the unicast discovery mechanism and add Azure storage repositories..

> **[elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/)**
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> elasticsearch-cloud-azure - Microsoft Azure discovery and snapshot/restore plugin for Elasticsearch

Release Notes - elasticsearch-cloud-azure - Version 2.8.2

Update:

- [107] - Enable SSL for Azure blob storage ( [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/107](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/107) )

For questions or comments around this plugin, feel free to use elasticsearch mailing list: [https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch)

Enjoy,

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-8-2-released/34227/2 "2017-07-05T21:48:07Z")

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